ESTERIFY (esterified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: esterified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does esterify mean? 

• ESTERIFY (verb)
  The verb ESTERIFY has 1 sense:

1. change (a compound) into an ester

  Familiarity information: ESTERIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESTERIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they esterify    ... he / she / it esterifies   
Past simple: esterified   
Past participle: esterified   
-ing form: esterifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change (a compound) into an ester

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "esterify" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of free non-esterified fatty acids present in a sample.

(Free Non-esterified Fatty Acids Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Esterified estrogens are used to treat some types of cancer, including prostate cancer.

(Esterified estrogen, NCI Dictionary)

An adenine nucleotide containing one phosphate group which is esterified to both the 3'- and 5'-positions of the sugar moiety.

(Adenosine Cyclic 3',5'-Phosphate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A guanine nucleotide containing three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety.

(GTP, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A measurement of the total non-esterified fatty acids in a biological specimen.

(Non-esterified Fatty Acids Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In the first step, the three-carbon backbone is esterified with a fatty acid.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Proteins that contain phosphate groups esterified to serine, threonine or tyrosine.

(Phosphoprotein, NCI Thesaurus)

It also reduces the percentage of esterified cholesterol present in the serum.

(Eniclobrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A (-)-epicatechin with a galloyloxy (trihydroxybenzoyloxy) group instead of the hydroxyl group at C-3; (-)-epicatechin esterified with gallic acid (trihydroxybenzoid acid) at C-3.

(Epicatechin-3-Gallate, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Binifibrate consists of two nicotinic radicals and one clofibiric radical esterified by a glycerol moiety.

(Binifibrate, NCI Thesaurus)